Blucher shoe.



F. L. HAYES.

BLUCHER SHOE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. si.

l 2635 3 Patnted Apr. 16, 1918;.

FRED L. HAYES, or Maurienne, Massacnusnrrs.

IBLUCHEB SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr'. t6,

Application led June 6, 1917. Serial No. 173,l25.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRED L. HAYES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montello, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blucher Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in Blucher shoes, and appertains more particularly to a shoe which utilizes two pieces of material in the vamp in the place of the one continuous strip hitherto in use. An object of my invention is to provide such a shoe in which a reinforcing member extends across the joint at the intersection of two pieces of material in the vamp from the toecap to the tongue.

A further object of my invention is to provide a coi'istruction which utilizes portions' orleather that might otherwise be waste, and which utilization results in a more attractive product than has heretofore been attained.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective view of my shoe;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the vamp thereof; i

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal the vamp.

The usual sole l is provided with the customary back-stay 2, andv uppers 3,' 3. The va mp, however, differs from the usual form, inasmuch as it consists of `two halves 4,4, fastened to the sole l at the bottom, and being sewed together at 5. The vamp-lining section through is similarly divided and sewed together along the seam 7. vThe tongue 8 is anchored securely between the vamp-lining and the vamp, and an overlay 9 extends from the 'et tongue joint to the end of the joint between the sections of the vamp. It is securely sewed in place and forms a strong reinforce 'ing binder for the vamp and connects the tongue and the toe-cap l0 in a substantial manner.

The advantages ot such a construction are obvious, particularly in a boys shoe, which frequently tears at the vamp, which my in vention precludes.

By my invention, a shoe-maker is enabled to utilize scraps ot leather, which might otherwise be waste material, in the torination of the vamp-sections, and that enables him, to use an ornamented overlay for the purpose, which improves the appearance of the shoe in a marked degree.

I claim:

A shoe comprising'a sole, two quarters, a toe, a vamp made oi. two sections joined together by a seam at the front of the shoe, a

vamp lining, a tongue and an overlay for said seam extending from the'tongue to the end of the vamp section and beneath said toe cap, said overlay and tongue adapted to receive therebetween at the upper end the meeting edges of the vamp section, and the several elements securely stitched together, the. overlay being of such a width with rela tion to the seam connecting the vamp section as to relieventhe vamp portions'oit any undue strain by pulling upon the tongue.

In testimonywhereot I aiix my signature.

FRED L. HAYES.

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